ROCHESTER HILLS -- Early on in his Friday night, June 16, show at the Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, John Legend told the crowd he wanted to “focus on love.”

And why not? The 10-time Grammy winner is 14 months into fatherhood and less than a week removed from winning his first Tony Award, for co-producing the revival of the musical “Jitney.” He’s also promoting his well-received sixth solo album, “Darkness And Light,” part of a career that’s includes five Top 10 predecessors.

So Legend (nee Stephens) was all about the love on Friday night, evidenced by most of the selections in his 25-song set. “I want to have a date with you, Detroit,” he declared at the start of the hour-and-50-minute set, dressed for the occasion in a black tuxedo with open shirt and silk handkerchief in the jacket pocket, changing into a white shirt and jacket for the final third of the show. Later, he promised, “If you’re with someone you like, be careful -- you might love ‘em by the end of the night. My concerts have that effect on people.”

Legend -- who’s turned into a smooth and confident performer over the years -- certainly provided the goods for romance, tossing musical bon mots and come hithers such as “Penthouse Floor,” “What You Do To Me,” “Save The Night,” “Like I’m Gonna Lose You,” “Save Room” and “Slow Dance.” Legend tossed in a bit of social commentary -- sliding a Donald Trump diss into “Slow Dance” and delivering his buoyant cover of Teddy Pendergrass’ “Wake Up Everybody” -- but the show’s highlights were far more personal, including “Right By You (For Luna),” accompanied by awwww-inspiring video footage of his 14-month old daughter, and “You & I (Nobody In The World),” featuring a similar visual salute to his wife, Chrissy Teigen.

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And Legend preceded a cover of Curtis Mayfield’s “SuperFly” by explaining it was the song he, as the labor room DJ, had on when Luna was born.

Legend offered a couple of songs solo at the piano -- “Ordinary People,” the gushy “All Of Me” plus an a capella performance of the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” -- but his tight 11-piece band, with trios of lightly choreographed backing vocalists and horn players, deftly straddled the line between studio polish and in-the-moment fire, with all of the players getting a chance to step out during “SuperFly.”

“Glory,” Legend’s Academy and Golden Globe award-winning song from the “Selma” soundtrack, gave the show a soaring, spiritual conclusion and left the Meadow Brook crowd feeling the love -- for Legend and perhaps, as he predicted during the show, for whoever they came with.